Improvement in butter-molds



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' W. s. ALE ANDER.

Butter-Mold.

.No. 215,856. Pate nt ed May 27,1879.

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' .HTTORJV'EYS" N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITNDGRAFNE, WASHINGTON. D C.

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W. s. ALEXANDER.

Butter-Mold.

Pat ented May-27,1879

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UN TED STATEs PATENT OEEIoE.

WINFIELD S. ALEXANDER, OF MARYSVILLE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTER-MOLDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215.856, dated May 27,1879,- application filed November 23, 1878.

To all whom i may concern:

Be it known that l, WINFIELD S. ALEXAN- DER, of Marysville, in thecounty of Union and State of Ohio, have invented a new and valuableImprovementin Butter-Molds; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the butter-case. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewshowing the case removed. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the case open,and Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the follower.

My invention relates to a device for pressing, stamping, and dividingbutter and the novelty consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In carrying out myinvention I employ a suitable base and frame. WVithinan upper crossbar I journal a screw-threaded shaft having an operatingcrank-wheel above. This screwshaft operates within a threaded sleeverigid with a follower, which operates in abox having falling hingedsides and ends. Lockingrods, operated by ingenious thumb-levers, se-

cure both sides and ends in a closed condition.

The box is removable, and when under the ,press is retained in positionby guides, so as to register correctly with the follower. The followeron its lower surface is provided with creases at equal distances apartand from the ends, which creases serve to mark the butter in equalquantities.

Any suitable design, ornamentation, or letters may be formedupon theface of the follower, so as to properly stamp the butter.

Cutting-knives, hinged to and operating in recesses in the base, arearranged to correspond with the creases in the follower.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the base, having standards A andcross-bar A forming the frame of my device. Upon the base A are guidesto, as shown.

Journaled in the cross-bar A is a vertical screw-shaft, B, whichrevolves in said crossbar, and it is provided above said cross-bar witha craiilewheel, B. This screw-shaft B operates in a threaded sleeve, 0,upon a follower, O, having upon its face surface-creases c, as shown.

D represents the base of a box, to which are hinged falling sides "d d,having perforations (1 d, which receive lugs D D upon the ends D D alsohinged to the base D. These lugs D are perforated to receivelocking-rods e, which, passing through guides c, are connected to athumb-lever, E, in such a manner that by moving the said lever up anddown the locking-rods will be operated in opposite directions. When thethumb-lever is up the rods are withdrawn from the perforations in thelugs D and both sides and ends are released and fall to a horizontalposition.

F represents a removable false bottom, upon which the butter is placed.This box rests between the guides at on the base, and registers with thefollower C.

G represents a gang of knives, operated in recesses a in the base A byone lever, G, hinged to the base A at g. Gages .r facilitate the placingof the butter in such a manner upon the base A that the knives G willregister correctly with the ridges on the butter formed by the creasesc.

Guide-wings H upon the standards A serve to keep the follower in aproper relative position with the box, and also prevent the box fromrising.

The operation of my device is as follows As shown the box is adapted tohold fbur pounds of butter. I place the box complete upon the scales andweigh it, then add four pounds to the weights, and put butter in the boxuntil it balances, then slide the box in the guides a, and turn down thefollower, which presses, stamps, and marks the butter in one-pounddivisions. 1 then screw up the follower and withdraw the box, elevatethe thumb-levers E, allow the sides and ends to fall, remove the butterwith the false bottom F, raise the gang of knives, place the butter onthe cutting-plate according to the gage, depress the knives until theysink into the recesses a, when the butter is formed into one-poundprints ready for sides d d, and ends 61 I), in combination with themarket. the locking-rods e and thumb-lever E, as and What I claim asnew, and desire to secure for the purpose set forth. by Letters Patent,is- In testimony that I claim the above I have- 1. In a butter-worker,the base A, provided hereunto subscribed my name in the presence: withrecesses a andgage w, 1n combination of two witnesses.

with the knives G, operated by the lever G, WINFIELD S. ALEXANDER.hinged at g, substantially as and for the pur- Witnesses: pose setforth. JAMES SMITH ALEXANDER, J r.,

2. The box composed of the base D, hinged LEANDER PIPER.

